CO129-489 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Sir Clementi - 1925 [8-12] — Page 476

CONFIDENTIAL

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Hongkong, 24th October,1925.

Sir,

Now that our daily life is once more pursuing its even tenor, and while recent events are still fresh in my mind, I have thought it useful to place before the Govern- monta record of our experiences of the past four and a half months, and to estimate the effectiveness of the

measures adopted by the Government, so that should a similar emergency arise here again, we would be in a better position to deal with it. I will not try to arrange the events of this period in chronological order, or attempt

a history of the "Strike"; it will be enough to refer

to its cause and the damage it has done us, and to describe and examine a number of the more important

measures taken to counteract its affects.

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PART 1.

Sum of THE STRIKE: ITS CAUSES AND EFFECTS.

Cause...

2. The strike was undoubtedly caused by a Bolshevist intrigue in Canton, conducted with the avowed object of

destroying the economic life of Hongkong. That this was the Chinese view is shown by the resolution passe by the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and the Association

of the Twenty-four Kercantile Guilds on the 10th August,1925

and subsequently transmitted to the Secretary of State for

the Colonies through His Excellency the Governor. These

resolutions have doubtless helped to place the situation

in true parapective for the better understanding of the

Home Government.

HON. SIR CLAUD SEVERN,K.B.E., C.M.G.,LL.D.,

COLONIAL SECRETARY.

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